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"outfront" tonight, rosa brooks, a columnist for foreign policy and has worked in the pentagon under the obama administration and david frum, former speech writer for george w. bush and critter for us. right now, 40% of active duty are women. this could be hundreds of thousand of jobs suddenly would be open to women. am i right in saying this is hublgly significant? >> it's absolutely enormous. the one thing i would say though, the it's not that we don't have women in combat positions. we have women who are ineligible under the former policy, but there really isn't any front line in today's wars. fighting heroically in combat, women who have died in combat. this change just recognizes what's already a reality, frankly. >> david, please be blunt. i know what you have to say is, might offend some people, but this is important. why do you think women in combat is not a good idea? >> i think we need to stress, this is quite an abstract notion. the number of women who will speak and equally is likely to be quite low, but of those who do, i think there are three concerns. the first, the fi
"outfront" tonight, rosa brooks, a columnist for foreign policy and has worked in the pentagon under the obama administration and david frum, former speech writer for george w. bush and critter for us. right now, 40% of active duty are women. this could be hundreds of thousand of jobs suddenly would be open to women. am i right in saying this is hublgly significant? >> it's absolutely enormous. the one thing i would say though, the it's not that we don't have women in combat...
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moreover, more than ever, foreign policy is economic policy. the world is competing for resources and global markets. every day that goes by where america is uncertain about engaging in that arena or unwilling to put our best foot forward and win, unwilling to demonstrate our resolve, to lead, is a day in which we weaken our nation itself. my plea is that we can summon across party lines without partisan diversions and economic patriotism which recognizes that america's strength and prospects abroad depend on america strength and results at home. it hard it's hard to tell the leaderships that they have to create economic order where there is none if we don't provide it for ourselves. it's also imperative that in implementing president obama's vision for the world as he ends more than a decade of war, that we join together to augment our message to the world. president obama and everyone here knows that american foreign policy is not defined by drones and deployments alone. we cannot allow the extraordinary good that we do to save and change liv
moreover, more than ever, foreign policy is economic policy. the world is competing for resources and global markets. every day that goes by where america is uncertain about engaging in that arena or unwilling to put our best foot forward and win, unwilling to demonstrate our resolve, to lead, is a day in which we weaken our nation itself. my plea is that we can summon across party lines without partisan diversions and economic patriotism which recognizes that america's strength and prospects...
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he's been on the foreign policy side. that's true. that is certainly a different choice for chief of staff when the economy remains issue number one. the fact of the matter is that jacob lew moving from chief of staff over to the treasury department and joe biden are perfectly capable of managing capitol hill and what needs to be done next in terms of bills and the budget and all of that kind of stuff. i think what makes mcdonough choice so interesting is it's a legacy choice. this is a man who has been at the president's side since the president's national career started as a freshman senator. he was there through the election. he has been at the white house all this time. this is a man whose loyalties to the president and who will protect the president, which is really the number one job of chief of staff. i think it's a very interesting choice and someone that the president trusts fully because now the president is putting together what will be these final years of the obama era and this is a man that he trusts to protect the obama
he's been on the foreign policy side. that's true. that is certainly a different choice for chief of staff when the economy remains issue number one. the fact of the matter is that jacob lew moving from chief of staff over to the treasury department and joe biden are perfectly capable of managing capitol hill and what needs to be done next in terms of bills and the budget and all of that kind of stuff. i think what makes mcdonough choice so interesting is it's a legacy choice. this is a man who...
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policy agenda. >> reporter: what was hillary clinton's initial reaction when you told her, look, they're actually considering you as a possibility for secretary of state? >> she didn't believe it. >> reporter: philippe reines is her deputy assistant. >> i think she said not for a million reasons. >> reporter: if she was hesitant, why not just say no? >> i think she did, or came awfully close. i think the president was very persuasive. >> we're delighted to welcome senator clinton, secretary of state designate. >> reporter: she was quickly confirmed. how would she get along with the man who defeated her campaign? could she work for him? >> everyone expected, including myself, that there would be a lot of division, a lot of secretary clinton going behind the president's back. >> reporter: was there any tension coming in between the two people at the top? >> i think everyone has been surprised. >> reporter: surprised that while secretary clinton and president obama have been separated often, as she travels the world, they have maintained a unified front. >> they, very early on, set a tone o
policy agenda. >> reporter: what was hillary clinton's initial reaction when you told her, look, they're actually considering you as a possibility for secretary of state? >> she didn't believe it. >> reporter: philippe reines is her deputy assistant. >> i think she said not for a million reasons. >> reporter: if she was hesitant, why not just say no? >> i think she did, or came awfully close. i think the president was very persuasive. >> we're delighted...
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the first paragraph of the piece, you write it may prove the most consequential foreign policy appointment of his presidency. because the struggle over hagel is a struggle over whether obama can change the terms of the foreign policy debate. explain that for me. >> i think so far, the debate about military action in iran has been conducted by and large in washington, as if iraq and afghanistan didn't happen. as if we haven't leashed anything from the disaster that these two wars over the last ten years. the real struggle between hagel and his foes, is he wants to bring some of the lessons in to the iran debate that we learned about iran and afghanistan. he talks compelling about wars once launched can't be fully controlled. cognizant of the enormous financial cost that these wars have imposed on the united states, and the heart of the hostility is the fear that his recognition about what happened in afghanistan and iraq will make taking to us war in iran harder. >> you suggest there are no consequences for the iraq war in terms of those who supported or imposed it. >> if you listen to repu
the first paragraph of the piece, you write it may prove the most consequential foreign policy appointment of his presidency. because the struggle over hagel is a struggle over whether obama can change the terms of the foreign policy debate. explain that for me. >> i think so far, the debate about military action in iran has been conducted by and large in washington, as if iraq and afghanistan didn't happen. as if we haven't leashed anything from the disaster that these two wars over the...
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a key voice for the president on foreign policy. >>> take a look at this. unless you are at all claustrophobic. this oregon woman spent four hours trapped in an eight-inch space. this happened early wednesday morning in downtown portland. she apparently fell from a second floor smoking area, and getting her out, so tough. firefighter has to cut through a section of wall and use airbags to widen the space. rich chapman is the firefighter who pulled this woman out. >> to get her out, get her out as soon as possible and we weren't going home without her. that was it. we used basically soapy water to lube up the sides of the walls, and between us and her, she was getting out. >> airbags and soapy water. unbelievable, and look on her face when she made it out. oh, what a relief. >> oh, my goodness. good for her. >>> a detroit air man says he was fishing for perch. but he found gold. last friday as in a big, gargantuan goldfish. three pounds, close to 15 inches long. the fisherman has fished lake st. clair, 15 years, and this is his first goldfish. >> looks like
a key voice for the president on foreign policy. >>> take a look at this. unless you are at all claustrophobic. this oregon woman spent four hours trapped in an eight-inch space. this happened early wednesday morning in downtown portland. she apparently fell from a second floor smoking area, and getting her out, so tough. firefighter has to cut through a section of wall and use airbags to widen the space. rich chapman is the firefighter who pulled this woman out. >> to get her...
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nobody likes being chided by a dictator, but one of your contributions to foreign policy is to point out the value of thinking in terms of national interests, rather than in terms of personality. it doesn't matter whether it's putin that came up with this plan or paris hilton. the fact is that we have to follow it through to see if it leads to some place good. >> well, i think we might actually agree on this, because, it's a messy kitchen. the process has been messy, but the cake might be yummy. we might be in a situation where we get the chemical weapons out, we don't have to spend a bunch of money, we don't have to go to war. you must be very happy about where we are right now, right? >> you have such a lovely smile. i wish i could agree with you. no, i'm not happy about where we are. i'm not happy about where we are for a whole variety of reasons. i think the president has made a profoundly confused case, and what we saw, as newt said at the beginning is we saw push, push, push, push. we've got to do it, we've got to do it, we've got to do it now. congress has the to authorize thi
nobody likes being chided by a dictator, but one of your contributions to foreign policy is to point out the value of thinking in terms of national interests, rather than in terms of personality. it doesn't matter whether it's putin that came up with this plan or paris hilton. the fact is that we have to follow it through to see if it leads to some place good. >> well, i think we might actually agree on this, because, it's a messy kitchen. the process has been messy, but the cake might be...
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go to the middle east and try to become a big foreign policy president. he's getting us out of wars in iraq and afghanistan and eisenhower got us out of korea. i think ike's in the air these days. it's a -- eisenhower revision going on. >> douglas brinkley, thanks so much for coming in. >> the connections to the past and past presidents is always so fun it look at and so amazing how there are so many similarities. when we get back, we'll have the latest news of the day, of course, plus a behind the scenes look what's happening at the white house this inauguration weekend. >> first we want to give you this week's look at the human factor. >> miss montana surrounded by more than 50 other beauty queens on stage. all hoping to become miss america. but for most of her early life, alexis weinman spent her time alone. >> i was very quiet because i couldn't say anything right. i was picked on for the way i spoke. i really didn't have any friends. >> her parents knew there was something wrong but their small town of cutbank, montana didn't have the resources to he
go to the middle east and try to become a big foreign policy president. he's getting us out of wars in iraq and afghanistan and eisenhower got us out of korea. i think ike's in the air these days. it's a -- eisenhower revision going on. >> douglas brinkley, thanks so much for coming in. >> the connections to the past and past presidents is always so fun it look at and so amazing how there are so many similarities. when we get back, we'll have the latest news of the day, of course,...
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. >> john is the right choice to carry forward the obama administration's foreign policy and i urge his sped deacon firm mags. >> before leaving, just like her first day on the job four years ago -- >> i am absolutely honored and thrilled beyond words to be here with you. >> clinton is likely to say good-bye to the diplomat she's led and deliver a major speech on international policy. but her last days as america's high-flying top diplomat have been overshadowed by nearly a month of illness, the fallout over the deadly attack in benghazi. >> i think it's inexcusable that you did not know about this and that you did not read these cables. >> and her impassioned defense. >> what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened. >> i don't think it will be part of her legacy. >> beyond benghazi, former secretary of state madeleine albright says clinton did something big for america's foreign policy. >> i think she will be valued greatly for finding other parts than just military power for america the way that we use our influence. >> others, while praising c
. >> john is the right choice to carry forward the obama administration's foreign policy and i urge his sped deacon firm mags. >> before leaving, just like her first day on the job four years ago -- >> i am absolutely honored and thrilled beyond words to be here with you. >> clinton is likely to say good-bye to the diplomat she's led and deliver a major speech on international policy. but her last days as america's high-flying top diplomat have been overshadowed by...
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. >> barns said that while m mcdonough is known for his foreign policy shops, he will be able to handle the issues. and he knows how capitol hill works. something that will be crucial in the coming fiscal fights. now, the suspected announcement comes as the president is criticized for a lack of diversity among to have staffers. his choices for secretary of defense, secretary of defense, secretary of treasury and cia director are all men. wolf? >> athena jones at the white house with the latest on that, an important position indeed. thank you. >>> monday's inauguration is a big day for president obama. historic day for the entire country. it's also a big day for some young iowans. when we come back practicing to march in the inaugural parade. from a mile away... while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-size or above and still pay the mid-size price. now this...will work. [ male announcer ] just like you, business pro. just like you. go national. go like a pro
. >> barns said that while m mcdonough is known for his foreign policy shops, he will be able to handle the issues. and he knows how capitol hill works. something that will be crucial in the coming fiscal fights. now, the suspected announcement comes as the president is criticized for a lack of diversity among to have staffers. his choices for secretary of defense, secretary of defense, secretary of treasury and cia director are all men. wolf? >> athena jones at the white house with...
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on issues of foreign policy as well, he has put the american people front and center. and america is looked at in a much better light than they were under george w. bush. so again, yes, tremendous challenges are ahead, but i think it's a terrific opportunity and as long as this president focuses on a thriving middle class, on equality for everyone, i think he's going to do a very good job because in comparison to the gop, when all they're looking at is dividing america on these issues and we're seeing it now with this kerfuffle about "duck dynasty," then they are not in a good place. especially going into a presidential election. >> very quickly, ben, i'm just curious. your thoughts on this division, this split that has emerged among republicans. especially on nsa surveillance, foreign policy, shall we say the rand paul wing of the republican party versus the peter king wing of the republican party. this two guys have gone after each other. >> well, i think we have graciously been losing to barack obama for five years. and there's many conservatives who said we're tire
on issues of foreign policy as well, he has put the american people front and center. and america is looked at in a much better light than they were under george w. bush. so again, yes, tremendous challenges are ahead, but i think it's a terrific opportunity and as long as this president focuses on a thriving middle class, on equality for everyone, i think he's going to do a very good job because in comparison to the gop, when all they're looking at is dividing america on these issues and we're...
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it's called "the thin red line," it refers to the president's foreign policy. in it you say, there's a quote, in foreign affairs, regarding obama, he seems risk averse at using force and even diplomacy. there are no big diplomacy initiatives. there is little peace effort in the middle east. we used to have a whole part of our foreign policy we called the america the peacemaker. we don't do that anymore. do you still believe there's not a big peace objective when it comes to this administration? >> no, i don't think there will be a large peace initiative in syria. the situation that the president faces is that he threatened the leader of syria bashar assad not to use chemical weapons. said that that would cross a red line. assad didn't believe him. he used chemical weapons several months ago. and now he's used chemical weapons again. so president obama is taking what i think may be called the minimum necessary course of action here, which is to respond in a punitive way, and probably not in a large way, but rather to attack a set of targets associated with perha
it's called "the thin red line," it refers to the president's foreign policy. in it you say, there's a quote, in foreign affairs, regarding obama, he seems risk averse at using force and even diplomacy. there are no big diplomacy initiatives. there is little peace effort in the middle east. we used to have a whole part of our foreign policy we called the america the peacemaker. we don't do that anymore. do you still believe there's not a big peace objective when it comes to this...
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i'm not sure americans know what our foreign policy is in the middle east. this is not about getting into syria's civil war. this is about enforcing the principle that people shouldn't be allowed to gas their citizens with impunity. >> the senate foreign relations voted to authorize the use of force. the full senate is expected to vote next week. you'll want to stay with cnn for the latest. tonight, chris cuomo hosting a town hall to discuss this crisis, what they are planning and what it could mean for this country. that's tonight at 9:00 eastern on cnn. >>> how much will it cost for health care. ? the results are mixed. we looked at premiums in 11 states and the district of columbia and found the average 21-year-old smoker pays $270 a month. up to $330 a month for the average nonsmoking 40-year-old. it hits $615 a month once you hit 60. that's before tax credits and government incentives to help those with lower incomes. >>> president bill clinton is defending obama care ahead of the october 1st start of insurance exchanges. listen. >> this law has done a
i'm not sure americans know what our foreign policy is in the middle east. this is not about getting into syria's civil war. this is about enforcing the principle that people shouldn't be allowed to gas their citizens with impunity. >> the senate foreign relations voted to authorize the use of force. the full senate is expected to vote next week. you'll want to stay with cnn for the latest. tonight, chris cuomo hosting a town hall to discuss this crisis, what they are planning and what it...
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policy discussions that go on in embassies overseas? because those were a lot of the cables bradley manning released. >> the government has limited rights to secrecy, but it is so wildly abused. the idea, the argument that people made when these diplomatic cables were released, well, there's nothing really significant or newsworthy in these cables, well, then why were they all marked secret? the reason is because the government just marks everything secret. the thing most bizarre, anybody that would go into the field of journalism and call themselves a journalist who would call for the prosecution and imprisonment for bradley manning is baffling. what he did is the job of journalists, which is to bring transparency to what the government is doing. even the pentagon admits that its early claims how he has blood on his hands and there was all this damage was wildly overstated. he released very low-level secrets that informed the u.s. government and it harmed nobody. >> but it's not up to bradley manning to make the decision to disclose th
policy discussions that go on in embassies overseas? because those were a lot of the cables bradley manning released. >> the government has limited rights to secrecy, but it is so wildly abused. the idea, the argument that people made when these diplomatic cables were released, well, there's nothing really significant or newsworthy in these cables, well, then why were they all marked secret? the reason is because the government just marks everything secret. the thing most bizarre, anybody...
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>> he wanted to stick with a team, a foreign policy team he's had a lot of his view, success with. this is a vote for loyalty, familiarity, and stability. both of these people have been in the national security meetings that he's been holding over the last four years so there isn't a change here. they know the policy and they are people who have been here before he was at the white house. these are people he trusts. >> never has so much change been nade to kind of get nowhere. io have the secretary of defense, a new secretary of sta state, a new head of the national security council and a new u.n. ambassador and no one expects anything to change because they're all people who are either not going to be in the inner circle and therefore he's not listening to tha much or they have already been in the inner circle. >> what do allies worry about? they think the president is too insular to begin with, and now he has a chorus around him who is not going to say, how about thinking outside the box? what do some republicans say? you heard the political argument against susan rise. republica
>> he wanted to stick with a team, a foreign policy team he's had a lot of his view, success with. this is a vote for loyalty, familiarity, and stability. both of these people have been in the national security meetings that he's been holding over the last four years so there isn't a change here. they know the policy and they are people who have been here before he was at the white house. these are people he trusts. >> never has so much change been nade to kind of get nowhere. io...
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frustration is not foreign policy. >> reporter: some in the administration believe without a u.s. presence, al qaeda will return. iran's influence may grow and afghanistan will become a radical haven. >> if things fall apart in afghanistan much of what we've gained can unravel. we may find ourselves having to go back in again. >> reporter: for now, however, u.s. troops are thinking about coming home. >> hi. i'm sergeant tyler baxter and this is my father coming to air field in afghanistan. want to wish our family in missouri a happy holidays. >> barbara starr joins us live from the pentagon. could you make this crystal clear, barbara, please? what is going on with president karzai? are all of these elders who are getting into the fray now making new demands that were never in the deal to start with? >> well, karzai is certainly making new demands that weren't in the deal from the u.s. point of view. he wants all the afghan detainees in guantanamo bay released back to afghanistan. he wants promises about how the u.s. military will operate in afghanistan. he is throwing a lot of wre
frustration is not foreign policy. >> reporter: some in the administration believe without a u.s. presence, al qaeda will return. iran's influence may grow and afghanistan will become a radical haven. >> if things fall apart in afghanistan much of what we've gained can unravel. we may find ourselves having to go back in again. >> reporter: for now, however, u.s. troops are thinking about coming home. >> hi. i'm sergeant tyler baxter and this is my father coming to air...
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policy agenda. >> what was hillary clinton's initial reaction when you told her, look, they're actually considering you as a possibility for secretary of state? >> she didn't believe it. >> reporter: he is one of clinton's closest aides. >> i e-mailed her, i think it was the friday after election day after hearing it from two reporters. and i'm pretty sure her reply was something along the lines of, not for a million reasons. >> if she was hesitant, why not just say no? >> i think she did or came awfully close. i think the president was very persuasive. >> we're delighted to welcome senator clinton, secretary of state designate -- >> clinton was quickly confirmed. but how would she get along with the man who defeated her campaign? could she work for him? >> everyone expected, including myself, that there would be a lot of division, a lot of secretary clinton going behind the president's back. >> so was there any tension coming in between the two people at the top? >> i think everyone's been surprised. >> surprised that while secretary clinton and president obama have been separated ofte
policy agenda. >> what was hillary clinton's initial reaction when you told her, look, they're actually considering you as a possibility for secretary of state? >> she didn't believe it. >> reporter: he is one of clinton's closest aides. >> i e-mailed her, i think it was the friday after election day after hearing it from two reporters. and i'm pretty sure her reply was something along the lines of, not for a million reasons. >> if she was hesitant, why not just...
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. >> she scored some foreign policy successes, repairing america's image around the world. preventing a wider war in the middle east by brokering a cease fire in gaza. an historic opening with burma. building a coalition to remove moammar gadhafi, although her critics claim that was overshadowed by the killing of the american ambassador to libya and three other americans. so whose scorecard looks better? nicklaus burns says they're both successful in different ways. >> he is a deal maker in the best sense of that word. he's thrown himself into the toughest negotiations that the united states can face. she took a longer range view of the job as well, and she did emphasize development and the ties between development and diplomacy and the role of women, which is a very important issue that had not received the attention it deserves. >>> so jill, having watched kerry at work a couple times in the last couple months in geneva, first on the chemical weapons deal and now on iran. it's because he's not running for president and hillary is thinking about running for president. is i
. >> she scored some foreign policy successes, repairing america's image around the world. preventing a wider war in the middle east by brokering a cease fire in gaza. an historic opening with burma. building a coalition to remove moammar gadhafi, although her critics claim that was overshadowed by the killing of the american ambassador to libya and three other americans. so whose scorecard looks better? nicklaus burns says they're both successful in different ways. >> he is a deal...
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that foreign policy is firmly in control of the white house. but they feel where the defense secretary has sort of a bully pulpit is in funding. you've heard leon panetta coming out time and time again, wailing against the defense cuts, saying they'll hollow out the military, and there is concern, about how forceful, chuck hagel, if he is confirmed will make that case and try to protect the pentagon from what they don't want which is more cuts to the budget. >> chris lawrence at the pentagon, thanks. and my friend are gloria borger here. what struck you in the most with what senator hagel had to say? >> well, i agree with chris. what he was doing is defending the president's world position here. he's making it very clear. he knows they're going to take a look at votes on iran sanctions. he said no one individual vote, quote, statement, defines me. he knows he and the president are going to get criticized on that. the third thing, of course, going back to the enlisted man -- >> sergeant hagel. >> -- sergeant hagel. he said during my 12 years in
that foreign policy is firmly in control of the white house. but they feel where the defense secretary has sort of a bully pulpit is in funding. you've heard leon panetta coming out time and time again, wailing against the defense cuts, saying they'll hollow out the military, and there is concern, about how forceful, chuck hagel, if he is confirmed will make that case and try to protect the pentagon from what they don't want which is more cuts to the budget. >> chris lawrence at the...
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which turns a foreign policy problem into a domestic political crisis, entirely unnecessarily by the way because the president says, i think he's probably right, that head the authority to do it all along. >> is it a lack of thought? is it just the case that perhaps, this president really doesn't want to militarily engage and so, he is leaving it up to congress and he is leaving it up to the american people. and he feels like this really is going to be the safest route you know, in which to proceed. >> there's nothing safe and going to congress. i don't think this is about a lack of thought. i think it's about a lack of good options and what the president is essentially saying is the only option we have is to show the world that using chemical weapons is just unacceptable. so i actually think that what the president needs to do this week is convince the united states, convince the people about why getting involved in syria at all is in our national interest. what is the threat here if a head of state uses chemical weapons? what happens if you know, terrorist state becomes an actual g
which turns a foreign policy problem into a domestic political crisis, entirely unnecessarily by the way because the president says, i think he's probably right, that head the authority to do it all along. >> is it a lack of thought? is it just the case that perhaps, this president really doesn't want to militarily engage and so, he is leaving it up to congress and he is leaving it up to the american people. and he feels like this really is going to be the safest route you know, in which...
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. >>> a major shuffle in the president's foreign policy team. jessica yellin is told that tom donilon will be resigning and replaced by susan rice, ambassador to the united nations. they don't require senate confirmation, problematic when rice's name float for a cabinet position. and rice's replacement looks like it will be samantha powers, a former white house aide and harvard professional. >>> and kathleen sebelius is asking lawmakers to set aside a policy that makes it difficult for a child to get an adult lung. changing it could push others lower on the list. sebelius ordered a policy review. but any change could take up to two years. >> following all kinds of extreme weather across the country. let's get you up to speed now. authorities now believe a tree that fell on the power lines may have sparked a wildfire burning in new mexico. it has scorched more than 86 miles so far. a levee breach forced evacuation in missouri. and in south carolina, a chicken farm was damaged from a tornado. and 19 people killed in oklahoma in last friday's storm
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could it be foreign policy? >> well, the way i think republicans look at this and a lot of concerned americans is that he is retreating from the world. not exactly made america stronger. we hold the civilized world together. it's our presence and strength that keeps the world peace. as we approached a more global kind of perspective. we're just one of many countries that is working to make the world a better place. the world is more uncertain. the middle east is on fire. the soviets are reempowering themselves. even latin america is a less stable place and now in a much more connected world, it's a less certain world for the united states at the same time he's reducing our military. we're going to 200 ship navy. a weaker america, a less respected america in a more uncertain world, that i think is going to be his legacy. >> i'll give you a chance to respond to that. i want to move onto republicans. >> i would argue one group who does not agree with you is al qaeda. the president completely decimated al qaeda. the
could it be foreign policy? >> well, the way i think republicans look at this and a lot of concerned americans is that he is retreating from the world. not exactly made america stronger. we hold the civilized world together. it's our presence and strength that keeps the world peace. as we approached a more global kind of perspective. we're just one of many countries that is working to make the world a better place. the world is more uncertain. the middle east is on fire. the soviets are...
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and one of the foreign policy magazines contacted them. there's two pravdas, one that was online and took it and one old one that refused to do so. they said they would take it and i wrote it and it is what it is. >> putin suggested you were locked in an outdated cold war mindset. when you heard that, what's your reaction? >> well, mr. putin has made several remarks about me over the years, none of them flattering. and i'm afraid that in response i could say that mr. putin has taken russia back to many of the cold war practices of the then soviet union. if you look at any human rights organization, they give them very low or failing marks. you look at the case, look at carter covsky, outlining what they view as a different lifestyle than what they find acceptable. this kind of thing is really all earmarks of an autocratic government led by a person who wants to stay in power for life. >> he's obviously got a kgb background. to you -- is there any way you can trust him? any way you see the u.s. able to deal with him? >> only in a situation
and one of the foreign policy magazines contacted them. there's two pravdas, one that was online and took it and one old one that refused to do so. they said they would take it and i wrote it and it is what it is. >> putin suggested you were locked in an outdated cold war mindset. when you heard that, what's your reaction? >> well, mr. putin has made several remarks about me over the years, none of them flattering. and i'm afraid that in response i could say that mr. putin has taken...
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what you see here is a pretty significant shift in foreign policy. when you first started to see it happen was -- and after that, you know, a lot of folks like the alexs of the world back then say this is mcgovern, this is weak, but his poll numbers went up. trust in him went up. i think what you'll see here is that progress has been made. and i think that's good for the nation. >> but longer term, just humor me a little bit. when you look at, i'm a little surprised at the low numbers that approve of the president's foreign policy, the end of the war in iraq is winding down the war in afghanistan, he did get osama bin laden, now a deal with iran, which most people say they wanted, interim though it may be, why in terms of legacy, could foreign policy be that? we have always talked about health care as health care, could it be foreign policy? >> the way i think republicans look at this and a lot of concerned americans is that he has retreated from the world, not exactly made america stronger, you know, we're the -- america is the glue that holds the c
what you see here is a pretty significant shift in foreign policy. when you first started to see it happen was -- and after that, you know, a lot of folks like the alexs of the world back then say this is mcgovern, this is weak, but his poll numbers went up. trust in him went up. i think what you'll see here is that progress has been made. and i think that's good for the nation. >> but longer term, just humor me a little bit. when you look at, i'm a little surprised at the low numbers...
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foreign policy. in hours, the united nations assembly will take place in new york. raised eyebrows around the world with conciliatory tweets and signals that his country is ready to negotiate over its nuclear program. the very real question will the two leaders meet face-to-face? >> reporter: perhaps the biggest question for the united nations general assembly will obama meet with rouhani? no meeting has been scheduled but jay carney, the white house spokesman said, obama has held out diplomacy. it's about trying to stop iran's nuclear program and saying they want to build a nuclear bomb. rouhani has sent friendly messages by twitter which suggest a softening in iran's hard tone in the past few years. the no recently message on sunday he said it was possible with the west and the ones preconditioned. the stage is set but it's a high stakes for president obama who a year ago rouhani's predecessor ahmadinejad was against israel and we will see if obama gets something concrete out of this or simply say iran's friendlier tone is about dating time and that time is what t
foreign policy. in hours, the united nations assembly will take place in new york. raised eyebrows around the world with conciliatory tweets and signals that his country is ready to negotiate over its nuclear program. the very real question will the two leaders meet face-to-face? >> reporter: perhaps the biggest question for the united nations general assembly will obama meet with rouhani? no meeting has been scheduled but jay carney, the white house spokesman said, obama has held out...
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it's called "foreign policy begins at home." a brief, sensible and highly intelligible argument that america's influence abroad comes first and foremost from its strength at home. >>> now, for the last look. everything old is new again. and capitalist russia is seemingly catching stalin fever all over, again. 60 years after the death of the dictator who murdered millions, his reputation seems to have a rehabilitation. 40% of russians said stalin was a wise leader who brought it to might and prosperity. on wednesday may day parades in russia celebrated stalin and none other than president putin invoked his legacy in a ceremony. the first to be named a soviet hero of socialist labor. some 20,000 people were so honored after him. but then, like the "ussr" the awards ended bankruptly in 1991. 20 years later, putin bestowed honors now hero of labor. mr. putin said of his own regime, i don't see any elements of stalinism here. well, we could point to one. the correct answer to our gps challenge question, "d," russia and japan are stil
it's called "foreign policy begins at home." a brief, sensible and highly intelligible argument that america's influence abroad comes first and foremost from its strength at home. >>> now, for the last look. everything old is new again. and capitalist russia is seemingly catching stalin fever all over, again. 60 years after the death of the dictator who murdered millions, his reputation seems to have a rehabilitation. 40% of russians said stalin was a wise leader who brought...
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they' had several blunders on foreign policy issues. the most recent one is a failure for america to retaliate in some meaningful or symbolic way on the death of an american ambassador in benghazi. >> interesting point. the george bush administration would have piled in there, blown things to pieces and exacted terrible retribution. that's the american way for a long time. is that the right way? would that created, however awful the incident of a death awful the incident of a death of an ambassador is, is it right that president obama says let's get this in context, let's not attack. wars are extremely costly, both financially and with the human loss of life. >> you just went from 0 to 60. what i'm saying is in 2000, 1999-2000. after 9/11, one of the things we learned from osama bin laden, the jihad strongly emboldened when there was no response to the bombing of the u.s.s. cole. there was no response that demonstrated you can not do this to americans. >> what would you have done in benghazi in the aftermath? >> i'm not a general -- >>
they' had several blunders on foreign policy issues. the most recent one is a failure for america to retaliate in some meaningful or symbolic way on the death of an american ambassador in benghazi. >> interesting point. the george bush administration would have piled in there, blown things to pieces and exacted terrible retribution. that's the american way for a long time. is that the right way? would that created, however awful the incident of a death awful the incident of a death of an...
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i think what the president is doing is bringing the global foreign policy home so that it is not such a foreign issue. this is about our security. >> let me ask you this question. six network anchors going -- i mean, is that yesterday's news? once upon a time if the president of the united states had done that, he would have reached all the people in the country. now i don't want to say it's inconsequential because it will reach millions and millions. >> everyone will tweet. everyone will have their blogs. you can, in a sense, everything is redistributed in multiplatforms. >> this has also become a vital issue for americans i think for two reasons. iraq, the worry that we're doing that again, that we're a slippery slope, somehow we're going to end up at war with syria. the poll shows that americans are engaged in this news story as they very seldom are for a foreign news story. i think the president is doing what he needs to here. >> how do you think it changes the way the media will listen to the pitch? >> one of his problems is people are skeptical about the evidence. >> and the med
i think what the president is doing is bringing the global foreign policy home so that it is not such a foreign issue. this is about our security. >> let me ask you this question. six network anchors going -- i mean, is that yesterday's news? once upon a time if the president of the united states had done that, he would have reached all the people in the country. now i don't want to say it's inconsequential because it will reach millions and millions. >> everyone will tweet....
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. >> reporter: a number of presidents in their second terms have focused heavily on foreign policy. and now that mr. obama has begun the job of replacing his outgoing secretaries of state and defense and the director of the cia, he'll have some new faces to work with on his foreign policy team. joe johns, cnn, washington. >> and next hour, we take a closer look at the issues that will likely define president obama's second term. >>> randi, what's coming up next? >> we have a whole lot still ahead, victor. she set fashion trends four years ago when president obama was sworn into office, so what will michelle obama wear to this weekend's inaugural events? we'll have a look at the first lady's fashion, coming up. >>> i think that there's no more higher purpose right now than to take care of folks, put themselves in harm's way, protect our freedoms. >> more than half a million folks have done more than one tour. that's a tremendous emotional and physical burden we've put on our folks that's totally unprecedented. >> we're acknowledging that people are always going to have some effect. w
. >> reporter: a number of presidents in their second terms have focused heavily on foreign policy. and now that mr. obama has begun the job of replacing his outgoing secretaries of state and defense and the director of the cia, he'll have some new faces to work with on his foreign policy team. joe johns, cnn, washington. >> and next hour, we take a closer look at the issues that will likely define president obama's second term. >>> randi, what's coming up next? >> we...
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policy, if they end up reinforcing the extremist narrative, we're giving power to that brand. we should be focusing on the inverse of the knneo conservati culture impose on the grass roots instead of from the top down and also instead of just basically focusing on increasing targeted drone strikes which i call in the old conservatism light. >> i appreciate both of your time this morning. a fascinating conversation. we will have you back again. thank you. >> pleasure. >> thank you. >> thank you both. for more stories on faith, be sure to check out our belief blog. a lot of fascinating stuff there at cnn.com/belief. >>> well, the supreme court is ready to make history. several landmark decisions on the horizon possibly as early as tomorrow. we've got a preview. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you engineer a true automotive breakthrough? ♪ you give it bold styling, unsurpassed luxury and nearly 1,000 improvements. the redesigned 2013 glk. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. through mercedes-benz she's always be
policy, if they end up reinforcing the extremist narrative, we're giving power to that brand. we should be focusing on the inverse of the knneo conservati culture impose on the grass roots instead of from the top down and also instead of just basically focusing on increasing targeted drone strikes which i call in the old conservatism light. >> i appreciate both of your time this morning. a fascinating conversation. we will have you back again. thank you. >> pleasure. >> thank...
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i wanted to ask about some of the foreign policy fallout from the disclosure of the nsa programs that you discussed. you're spokesman said yesterday there was no question the u.s. relationship with russia has gotten worse since vladimir putin took office. how much of that decline do you attribute directly to mr. putin given that you seem to have had a good working relationship with his predecessor? also, will there be any additional punitive measures taken against russia for granting asylum to edward snowden or is canceling the september summit really all you can do given the host of issues the u.s. needs russian cooperation for? thank you. >> good. i think there's always been some tension in the u.s./russian relationship after the fall of the soviet union. there's been cooperation in some areas. there's been competition in others. it is true that in my first four years in working with president medvedev, we made a lot of progress. we got s.t.a.r.k. done. or s.t.a.r.k. 2 done. we were able to cooperate together on iran sanctions. they provided us help in terms of supplying our troops
i wanted to ask about some of the foreign policy fallout from the disclosure of the nsa programs that you discussed. you're spokesman said yesterday there was no question the u.s. relationship with russia has gotten worse since vladimir putin took office. how much of that decline do you attribute directly to mr. putin given that you seem to have had a good working relationship with his predecessor? also, will there be any additional punitive measures taken against russia for granting asylum to...
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general assembly, a look at the legacy of barack obama's foreign policy. brilliant strategy or sheer luck. plus, will she or won't she? does she even know? more tea leaves from the front-runner. >> this is "state of the union." >> good morning from washington. i'm candy crowley. house republicans celebrated the passage of the spending bill this week. it will be short lived. next stop, the democratic controlled house. this could result in a government shutdown october 1st. the president accuses republicans of playing politics and trying to mess with him. house democratic leader nancy pelosi calls them anti-government. >> we're not here to expand government. but we're not here to eliminate government. if the idea is to limit government, let's work together to do that. >> i sat down with nancy pelosi just after the house vote and asked her where she is willing to compromise. >> where are you willing to limit government? >> well, none of us of comes here to have more government than we need. so we should subject everything we do to real scrutiny to say is this
general assembly, a look at the legacy of barack obama's foreign policy. brilliant strategy or sheer luck. plus, will she or won't she? does she even know? more tea leaves from the front-runner. >> this is "state of the union." >> good morning from washington. i'm candy crowley. house republicans celebrated the passage of the spending bill this week. it will be short lived. next stop, the democratic controlled house. this could result in a government shutdown october 1st....
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bush, they were starting to get things right particularly on foreign policy because suddenly congress george h.w. bush talked about how much he disliked talking about hr 62. >> he and obama have something in common. >> very much in common. foreign policy where they feel more unilaterally enabled is where you will see the president focus more and more. >> the danger is midterm elections because every president since 1900 with the exception of clinton rebounding from impeachment has lost and lost rather heavily that midterm election so the presidents recover their popularity but after the midterm election, there's very little they can do. >> as a party political figure, he seems to lose power once he's out of the game. >> if last year when we did this show i told you that he would have gotten a deal in syria that got rid of chemical weapons and had an opening for iran in which they were stopping enrichment at the 5% level -- >> that's all foreign policy. >> and by the way, if, this is a big if, the website gets working and people start signing up for healthcare, it's a major transformat
bush, they were starting to get things right particularly on foreign policy because suddenly congress george h.w. bush talked about how much he disliked talking about hr 62. >> he and obama have something in common. >> very much in common. foreign policy where they feel more unilaterally enabled is where you will see the president focus more and more. >> the danger is midterm elections because every president since 1900 with the exception of clinton rebounding from impeachment...
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were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to the surge being dangerous -- >> will you answer the question, senator hagel? the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. i would like to you answer whether you were right or wrong and then you're free to elaborate. >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer. >> well, let the record show that you refused to answer that question. please go ahead. >> well, if you would like me to explain why -- >> no, i actually would like an answer, yes or no. >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no. i think it's far more complicated than that. as i said, my answer is, i'll defer that judgment to history. as to the comment i made about the most dangerous foreign policy decision since vietnam, was about not just the surge, but the overall war of choice going into iraq. that particular decision that was made on the surge, put more to the point, our wa
were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to the surge being dangerous -- >> will you answer the question, senator hagel? the question is were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. i would like to you answer whether you were right or wrong and then you're free to elaborate. >> well, i'm not going to...
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. >> when looking at this book, you focused on presidential leadership and foreign policy. you point out that when obama campaigned for office, he had almost no foreign policy experience. one might have thought that he was going to be a big transformational president. why? >> well, he certainly talked big transformations in the campaign and his first speeches, cairo, prague, so forth, he's been found to be a transactional president. on the one side you have people like woodrow wilson or ronald reagan who make great announcements, want to change the world. transactional presidents like eisenhower or george h.w. bush, are more prudent, keep the train from derailing. those are the two extreme types and many leaders are combinations of the two. but i think in the 21st century, we had a first president, george w. bush, who is largely transactional in the campaign, became transformational after 9/11. >> because after 9/11, he wanted to do big things. >> he was going to change the middle east, democratize it, and much like president obama, he was much more transformational in his
. >> when looking at this book, you focused on presidential leadership and foreign policy. you point out that when obama campaigned for office, he had almost no foreign policy experience. one might have thought that he was going to be a big transformational president. why? >> well, he certainly talked big transformations in the campaign and his first speeches, cairo, prague, so forth, he's been found to be a transactional president. on the one side you have people like woodrow...
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first up, two foreign policy legends. henry kissinger and zbigniew brzezinski on the latest diplomatic moves over syria. did putin play obama? what will assad do during this intermission and who will get the last word? >>> then richard butler, the man once tasked with getting saddam hussein to give up his chemical weapons on the way to make it work this time with assad. also, the three things you might want to know about syria before we bomb. or whether or not we bomb. and from civil war to homeless wars, anthony bourdain on a different kind of war in the middle east. who makes the most magic with chickpeas? >>> first, here's my take. whatever the twisted path by design or accident, the obama administration has ended up in a better place on syria than looked possible even days ago. the agreement forged by john kerry and the russian foreign minister is just the first step of course the syrian government has to cooperate but it will face pressure from moscow to do so. on hearing of the agreement, some have reacted with dism
first up, two foreign policy legends. henry kissinger and zbigniew brzezinski on the latest diplomatic moves over syria. did putin play obama? what will assad do during this intermission and who will get the last word? >>> then richard butler, the man once tasked with getting saddam hussein to give up his chemical weapons on the way to make it work this time with assad. also, the three things you might want to know about syria before we bomb. or whether or not we bomb. and from civil...
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in foreign policy, this has been a year of american weakness. we saw it in gyrations about what to do with syria and the assad regime's use of chemical weapons. we've seen it in my view -- i have a sense there will be disagreement with this ill conceived deal with iran. we saw it in skepticism with allies of japan and israel and saudi arabia who no longer feel confident about american security guarantees that have been good for six decades. our allies are abandoning us and we're making a quest to gain friends who will never come our way. >> anne marie, the obama administration would say we got a deal to get chemical weapons out of syria. we're trying to get a deal to get iran securely on a nonnuclear path. >> you just took my lines. those are hard accomplishments. i have been very critical of our syria policy and the optics of focusing more on chemical weapons than the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of deaths was bad but the fact remains that we are getting chemical weapons out of syria and the frame work agreement with iran is more th
in foreign policy, this has been a year of american weakness. we saw it in gyrations about what to do with syria and the assad regime's use of chemical weapons. we've seen it in my view -- i have a sense there will be disagreement with this ill conceived deal with iran. we saw it in skepticism with allies of japan and israel and saudi arabia who no longer feel confident about american security guarantees that have been good for six decades. our allies are abandoning us and we're making a quest...
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in a foreign policy capacity he has been. this is someone who's been very much inside president obama's close circle. he's advised him during the troop withdrawal in iraq, the current one going on in afghanistan and he's in a photo that's now become famous. he was in the situation room during the raid on osama bin laden's house. you'll see him sitting next to secretary of state hillary clinton. it goes back mump further than that. he has been here at the white house since the beginning of president obama's first term. in fact, he helped him as he was coming in to the white house and their time together goes all the way back to when president obama was a senator-elect, when he was coming from being a state legislator in illinois to the senate. so all the way back to his time where he first came to washington. he also was a foreign policy adviser, ashleigh, to the former senate majority leader tom daschle. so he has quite a long credential when it comes to foreign policy, but also he'll obviously be dealing as well with domesti
in a foreign policy capacity he has been. this is someone who's been very much inside president obama's close circle. he's advised him during the troop withdrawal in iraq, the current one going on in afghanistan and he's in a photo that's now become famous. he was in the situation room during the raid on osama bin laden's house. you'll see him sitting next to secretary of state hillary clinton. it goes back mump further than that. he has been here at the white house since the beginning of...
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so on some social issues he may not be with them but on foreign policy, he's a hawk, as you know. >> as you know, with the autopsy and everything, they're trying to move ahead. gloria borger, thank you. >> a little bit of, this a little bit of that. >> speaking of news on everyone, amar'e jo recall involving more than 3 million cars and a war of words between madonna and the government of malawi. plus a scientific discovery on lightning that might impact your plane ride. >>> and masters, nope, it has zero to do with tiger woods. the power block coming at you next. at tyco integrated security, we consider ourselves business optimizers. how? by building custom security solutions that integrate video, access control, fire and intrusion protection. all backed up with world-class monitoring centers, thousands of qualified technicians, and a personal passion to help protect your business. when your business is optimized like that, there's no stopping you. we are tyco integrated security. and we are sharper. hwelcome back.. nice to see you again! hey! i almost didn't recognize you without t
so on some social issues he may not be with them but on foreign policy, he's a hawk, as you know. >> as you know, with the autopsy and everything, they're trying to move ahead. gloria borger, thank you. >> a little bit of, this a little bit of that. >> speaking of news on everyone, amar'e jo recall involving more than 3 million cars and a war of words between madonna and the government of malawi. plus a scientific discovery on lightning that might impact your plane ride....
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>> we have had from the outset of the administration a very strong group of foreign policy principles. and none of whom would be, quote unquote, drowned out. we have at the principals committee that i led here, you would have the vice president of the united states, joe biden, secretary clinton, general petraeus, leon panetta, bob gates before him, richard holbrook when he was with us. it was a very strong group of principals. and indeed one of the things that i am quite happy with over the last four and a half years is that we have not had the historical norm. the historical norm is that you have a tremendous amount of public conflict among very high-profile and strong-willed national security principals. we haven't had that in this administration, very little of that. the reason i think is, is that president obama has insisted that we run a process here where it's effective, views are heard and the president gets them directly. so i just think that's wrong. i think we've run a process here that has been fair, where the evidence is overwhelming that the principals thought that it was
>> we have had from the outset of the administration a very strong group of foreign policy principles. and none of whom would be, quote unquote, drowned out. we have at the principals committee that i led here, you would have the vice president of the united states, joe biden, secretary clinton, general petraeus, leon panetta, bob gates before him, richard holbrook when he was with us. it was a very strong group of principals. and indeed one of the things that i am quite happy with over...